The Morning News Roundup for February 19, 2014

Bierce in 1892, barely containing his rage. Photo via Wikimedia Commons.

More of Mavis Gallant’s diaries.
“That sovereign of insufferables, Oscar Wilde, has ensued with his opulence of twaddle and his penury of sense. He has mounted his hind legs and blown crass vapidities through the bowel of his neck.” No one spews contumely like Ambrose Bierce spews contumely.
Bret Easton Ellis has written a script for Kanye West. Guess which one said of the other, “I really like him as a person”?
So many movies, novels, and TV shows are set in prison—but do they depict it accurately?
Meet the man who designed David Bowie’s Ziggy Stardust outfits. “His interest in Central Asian fabrics led to a coat that can cause car accidents.”
Fuck it—let’s go skiing.

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